Most people can probably relate, and it's okay to take an off-day every now and then. If you're working toward a particular goal, though—training for a marathon, losing weight, or exercising every day, for instance—you should stick to your training plan, no matter how comfortable your bed feels when your early training alarm goes off.

Men's Health talked to six top trainers and asked for their best tips to get over the hump when motivation runs low. Apply these to your workouts—and your life in general—and you'll feel your mental fortitude get stronger than ever.

Six Tips to Make Your Mind Strong

David Jack

Cofounder, Activlab, Phoenix

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Tap into big emotion

Dedicate your workout to an intention greater than yourself that moves you--a sick parent or a cause you believe in, for example. It becomes deeply powerful. Write it on your wrist and look at it throughout your workout.

Ben Sweeney, CFL2

Brick New York, New York City

Prove the haters wrong

For tough workouts, I get fired up by reminding myself of all the people who doubted me or questioned my abilities or said I would never find any success. Then I tell myself I'm about to prove them all wrong.

Bobby Maximus

Author of The Maximus Body

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Ladder your reps

Let's say my goal is 55 reps of a movement. You don't do them all at once. I do 10 reps, 9 reps, 8, down to 1. Rest between rounds. My favorite ladder is 55 reps, which is 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. It's easier when the ladder is counting down

Zach Forrest, CFL4

MaxEffort Fitness, Las Vegas

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Find a rhythm connecting your breathing to your rep, stroke, or stride, so you can focus on maintaining the rhythm. This is common with endurance training, but you can also use it for circuits when you're busting out reps.

Jared Bullock

SOFLETE, double amputee

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Take one more step

Every month, do something that'll really test you, where finishing is dependent on your mindset, not your fitness. I drag a sled with a third of my body weight or do a loaded barbell farmer's carry for a mile. It's not about time. It's about finishing.

Joe Holder

Creator of OchoSystem

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Visualization prior to a running workout helps me destress. I visualize the course or the distance from start to finish and mentally address and picture the moments when I'll hit a wall during the run and how I'll deal with it.

Brett WilliamsBrett Williams, an associate fitness editor at Men's Health, is a former pro football player and tech reporter who splits his workout time between strength and conditioning training, martial arts, and running.

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